Carid:
Thank you again! I really appreciate the explanations.
If I understand you correctly: In a frictionless environment if a feather would be hit with a cricket bat (never heard of one till now :) ) with a force of 200N the bat would be slowed by the feather (slightly) and the feather...
Thank you Carid!
If I understand you correctly: It would be difficult to impart the 200N force to the feather in a non-destructive fashion. If one were to carefully control the conditions, it would be possible to impart significant force to the feather.
The bullet case you mention is...
Found the following statement on the web:
You can't hit a feather in midair with a force of 200 N because the feather is not capable of exerting a 200 N force on you. The forces "you hit feather" and "feather hits you" are a Newton's Third Law action/reaction force pair, so they must always be...